Hopkins County Aug. 25 COVID-19 Counts: 5 Deaths, 2 New Cases, 42 Active Cases
HHS Aug. 25 Reports 1 Assisted Living Facility Resident Recovery Hopkins County Emergency Management officials at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, announced they’d received notification of 2 new positive COVID-19 cases in Hopkins County, which increases the total of active cases to 42. There were no recoveries reported Aug. 25. That brings the total so far in August to 83 new positive COVID-19 cases and 94 recoveries. The cumulative...
Vandal Huffines
Funeral services for Vandal Gene Huffines, age 78, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Spence Chapel of First Baptist Church with Bro. Fred Lewis officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Daniel Huffines, Philip Huffines, Aaron Randolph, Jason Godfrey, Robert Stidham, and Dwayne Stewart serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Kyle Huffines and Carter...
With Some Key Players Returning, Lady Cats Volleyball Team is Expected to Feature Mix of Experience and Youth
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team continues with skills, conditioning and strength work preparing for this season. Their first official practice will be on Labor Day, September 7. Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner has scheduled some scrimmage matches on September 12, The Lady Cats open the regular season on the road at Greenville on September 15. Coach Dorner says she has some key players returning who played club volleyball last...
Exterior Design For New Senior Citizens Activity Center Revealed
After several consults with Adam Panter of Rees Architecture Planning and Interior Design, a design plan for the new senior citizens activity center has finally been drafted. Design for a new Senior Citizens Center at 301 Oak Ave. in Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center Director Karon Weatherman Tuesday afternoon released some of the drawings for the center to give community members a glimpse at the planned facility. The draft is...
Dinner Bell Menu for August 26, 2020
Dinner Bell remains a GRAB and GO operation with meals distributed under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting after 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU One Skillet Sausage and Rice Dish Roasted Squashes Tomato, Cucumber and Red Onion Toss Buttered French Bread Slices Lemon Cake To Die For Dinner Bell Cares for the people of Sulphur Springs and...
Sulphur Springs Man Back In Jail 3 Weeks After Release From Custody
A 63-year-old Sulphur Springs man is back in jail 3 weeks after his release after having bond revoked on three felony charges, according to arrest reports. Randall Keith Reynolds (HCSO jail photo) Randall Keith Reynolds was arrested June 1, outside the hospital in Sulphur Springs on three warrants for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to arrest reports. The 63-year-old Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County...
Two Alba Women Arrested Following State Highway 19 Traffic Stop
Two Alba women were arrested early Tuesday morning following a State Highway 19 traffic stop, according to arrest reports. Tamela Perkins Owen (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Chaney reported initiating a traffic stop at 1:43 a.m. Tuesday, August 25, on State Highway 19 south at County Road 1174 on a southbound Honda Civic that had a defective tail light. Upon contact with the three occupants, a records...
Man Accused Of Trespassing Inside Tenant’s Residence
Deputies arrested a 76-year-old Sulphur Springs man accused of trespassing inside a tenant’s residence, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Communications Operators dispatched Sgt. Richard Greer at 10:25 a.m. to a County Road 1190 residence for a dispute regarding a landlord reportedly entering a tenant’s house. The property was one of the man’s rental properties. The man allegedly...
Learn the Pioneer Skill of Dutch Oven Cooking! Sign Up Now for Sept. 12 Class
The annual class for Dutch Oven cooks is on target for Autumn 2020. Organizer Rick Wilson announces that the class will be held on Saturday September 12, 2020 from 8am til 12 noon at it’s traditional location inside Heritage Park at 416 Jackson Street in Sulphur Springs. Masks will be worn and cooking sites will be set up on social distance guidelines. Cost to sign up for the John Chester Dutch Oven Cooking Class is $15 person....
Trees, Lawns Beginning To Feel Impact Of Hot, Dry Summer
By Mario Villarino, DVM, Ph.D. Hopkins County Extension Agent for Ag and NR It has been a hot and dry summer. It only takes a short trip to the countryside to see the impact of the lack of water in crops and pastures. Urban settings show the impact although because of irrigation, the severity is less evident. According to Dr. Calvin Finch, former Texas A&M Urban Water Program Director for the Texas A&M Institute of Renewable...
